1st Place Apple Pie

Ingredients for Crust:

Directions for Crust:

Mix flour and salt in a bowl. Blend in lard and butter with a fork or pastry blender until crumb is pea-sized and smaller.

Add water, one tablespoon at a time, blending gently until dough almost cleans side of bowl. Divide dough in half and shape loosely into two balls. Roll out each in a circle on floured surface to fit an 8 ½ or 9 inch pie pan. Line bottom of pan with one crust.